(A slight variation on an already suggested idea) Basically, since in actual usage you don’t have forever to recall a word, impose a time limit in reviews for better training. The first 2 seconds let’s say is a regular correct answer, and the penalty increases after that until the timer runs out at…

Not a bad idea. However, some people don’t have very reliable internet connections. If somebody starts a review session and then his connection dies, what happens to his reviews?

I think a timer would just add unwanted pressure on people.

I didn’t read the whole OP, however… I do believe a userscript or two in this area already exists… Just take a look at the pinned list of userscripts in the API section.

@AnimeCanuck is correct. Here it is. [image] WK Reviews: The Final Countdown (userscript) API And Third-Party Apps This is a third-party script and is not created by the WaniKani team. By using this, you understand that it can stop working at any time or be discontinued i…

@plantron , technically, this is a manageable scenario. I think the bigger concern stems from: [image] EPICI: would of course be optional as right now we have a way solid measure to really know where we stand. Implementing a scoring scale would entail either tagging it on to the current syst…

Yeah, I’m not a fan of timed reviews. Sometimes I start a review session and then do something else in the middle. This would penalize me for taking a couple minute break.

When a feature is truly optional, it’s hard to object to it - I could just not enable it of course. So from that perspective I don’t think I’d have a problem with this. If for some reason it had to be one way or the other I’d definitely prefer reviews not be timed. That’s based on how I’m personall…

[image] somewanikani: When a feature is truly optional, it’s hard to object to it From a business and technical perspective, there are plenty of reasons to not include optional features. For example, optional features could make it harder to change and enhance the application later by complic…

I don’t like this idea. I often do reviews at work. I leave my browser open and when I have a minute or two of downtime I do a few reviews. This works pretty well, but I often get called away from the screen at a moment’s notice. Also, I’m not sure it would actually do anything to improve the learn…

[image] seanblue: From a business and technical perspective Right, but I was speaking from a user’s perspective. I am leaving it up to the WK devs to weigh the development and maintenance costs.

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@AnimeCanuck is correct. Here it is.

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Request: Stopwatch/timer of reviews API And Third-Party Apps	11	1089	March 11, 2015
(request) a timer to enter the answer API And Third-Party Apps	28	2184	December 18, 2013
WK Reviews: The Final Countdown (userscript) API And Third-Party Apps	66	35888	July 14, 2025
Script Idea: Reviews on a timer API And Third-Party Apps	4	772	March 12, 2019
Stop being "punished" for not doing a review on time Feedback	36	2717	March 19, 2019

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